The Greatest Ministry at Christ Church

Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 20) Proverbs 31:10-31Psalm 1James 3:13-4:3, 7-8aMark 9:30-37 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 22, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the music of all our hearts be pleasing to you, O Lord, our […]

The Best is Yet To Be

Readings for the Wedding of Micah Preston Brown and Hannah Jean Hogan Tobit 8:5b – 8 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 13 Matthew 7:21, 24 – 29 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Micah and Hannah on Saturday September 21, 2024 at Heavenly Rooted Estate in McKinleyville CA These powerful readings from the sacred Scriptures […]

The Music of Our Hearts

Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 19) Proverbs 1:20-33Psalm 19James 3:1-12Mark 8:27-38 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday September 15, 2024. May the words of my mouth and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing in your sight, O Lord, our […]

Day 2 of GC81 (June 24, 2024)

On the second day of General Convention, we deputies discussed the budget in a joint session with the house of bishops in the morning. In the afternoon, we passed a resolution designating the Sunday closest to October 10th as Mental Health Awareness Sunday, with the objective of encouraging open dialogue about mental illness and encouraging […]

Kahlil Gibran, Jesus, and the Human Family

Readings for the Third Sunday after Pentecost (Year B – Track 1 – Proper 5) 1 Samuel 8:4-11, 16-20Psalm 1382 Corinthians 4:13-5:1Mark 3:20-35 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA on Sunday June 9, 2024. One of my favorite poets is the Lebanese Christian Kahlil Gibran, author of the spiritual classic titled The […]

Snake-on-a-Stick Sunday

Readings for the Fourth Sunday in Lent Numbers 21:4-9 Ephesians 2:1-10 John 3:14-21 Psalm 107:1-3, 17-22 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday March 10, 2024. “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal […]

The Name That Charms Our Fears

Readings for the Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Mark 1:21-28 Psalm 111 This sermon was preached at Christ Episcopal Church Eureka on Sunday January 28, 2024. Six years ago today, I preached on these same readings on my first Sunday here, readings that proclaim the holy and awesome and life-giving power […]

David, Valerie, and the Vena amoris

Readings for the Wedding of Valerie Jean Budig Markin and David Arthur Tschoepe Song of Solomon 2:10 – 13; 8:6 – 7 Psalm 67 Tobit 8:5b – 8 1 Corinthians 13:1 – 13 John 15:9 – 12 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of David and Valerie on Saturday January 20, 2024 at Christ Episcopal […]

Lift Us to the Joy Divine!

Readings for the Wedding of James Winfield Hendry and Flora Lyn Klay: Song of Solomon 2:10 – 13; 8:6 – 7 Romans 8:28, 38 – 39 John 15:9 – 12 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Jim and Lyn on Saturday January 18, 2020 at Christ Episcopal Church in Eureka CA Abide in my love. I […]

Salt the Earth with the Fire of Love

Readings for the Wedding of Raymond Kevin O’Connor Jr. and Wÿnanda Heyward Bulkley Armas: Song of Solomon 2:10-13; 8:6-7 Colossians 3:12-17 Matthew 5:13-16 This sermon was preached at the Wedding of Kevin and Wÿnanda on Saturday September 1, 2018 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA I speak in the Name of God the Creator, […]